Frank ArmigerNov 53 min read"The Time is Short"Allied Engineers Plan for D-Day by Joseph Balkoski 121st Engineers, 29th Division on Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 Rommel had kept the German...
Frank ArmigerSep 172 min readSeptember 17, 1862: The Fifth Maryland Attacks the "Bloody Lane" at AntietamThe Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment was organized at Baltimore City, Maryland, in September 1861, to serve three years. On the...
Frank ArmigerJul 172 min readThomas D. Howie: "The Major of St. Lo"On this day 80 years ago, Major Thomas Howie was killed in action in the outskirts of St. Lo. It was the day before the 29th Infantry...
Frank ArmigerJun 234 min read“EXECUTE OPERATION OVERLORD”Ike Selects D-Day by Joseph Balkoski For four months Eisenhower had focused his undivided attention on Overlord, but as of May 8, 1944,...